A £5.4m increase in voluntary income at Leonard Cheshire Disability helped push the charity’s income over £160m.
The charity's income was the highest ever - up from £154.6m in the previous year.
According to the disability charity’s recently filed annual report and accounts for the year ending March 2015, voluntary income reached £17.8m - the highest that it has been ten years. Legacies saw the biggest rise, increasing by £2.7m to £7.2m, while income from donations and grants also rose.
Fees and grants for services make up the vast majority of the charity’s income. This increased slightly this year, from £141m in 2014 to £142m in 2015. Leonard Cheshire also made £2.2m through the disposal of fixed assets and £149,000 from its investments.
Total income for the year was £162m. Expenditure was £156m and most of this ((145m) was spent on social care activities.
The report also revealed that the charity:
- Plans to double its international programme over the next five years
- Has launched Future Choices – its most ambitious programme ever, with plans to expand through 2015
- Created the post of medically qualified adviser and a multi-disciplinary forum
- Relaunched its website, which has led to 40 per increase in visitors
- Increased its unrestricted income
- Launched an in-house management skills programme to identify future leaders
- Reviewed its international financial controls, leading to new processes which increased transparency with partners – this supports its growth plan
- Plans to review its information governance systems, and
- Plans to launch a partnership with youth charity for volunteering drive.
In 2015 the highest paid employee was paid between £140,001 and £150,000 and there were 25 people earning more than £60,000.
The average number of full-time equivalent employees at the charity was 4,692, the vast majority of which are employed in social care. This is slightly down on the previous year, when it was 4,526.
